There were numerous before these two. Numerous Indian performing artists have worked past Bollywood and got recognition for it.

Some time before Irrfan turned into an easily recognized name with films like Paan Singh Tomar, and included various Hollywood tasks in his kitty, he featured close by Angelina Jolie. Playing a Pakistani cop Zeeshan Kazmi, he helped Jolie's character search for her better half/Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl who gets captured.